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• Blog / Internships & Externships

  i quit an internship on the second day cut your losses early

  

  until, at the end, one of the founders asked me how much compensation I ... my reservations—I thought it was bad form for them to ask me how much I ... anymore. Sunk cost fallacy is a fallacy, after all. The first week of school

  • by Rona W. '23
  • November 6, 2022
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Recap of My Junior Fall stream of consciousness

  

  my social life, despite being in a pandemic. I traveled so much this ... successful MIT semester I've had to date. I've gone through a series of ups and downs this semester, but I think it's been overall a net positive and I

  • by Cami M. '23
  • December 31, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  the sun sets on another summer only one left yikes

  

  that is lonely. i have more thoughts but not very much time to write ... flight to boston. this summer went by weirdly fast but in a way that i can ... a friend who's an LA native about this feeling and he said that it

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • August 17, 2019
• Blog / How to MIT

  Best Free Software for College Students must haves for productivity, security, and more

  

  One way to kill procrastination is to find out how much time you spend on everything you do. Use this app to track your day and see how much ... were on Spotify. A huge part of Spotify is being able to make and share

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 13, 2015
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  THE BURTON THIRD BOMBERS pset, party, pset and party party, rinse, repeat

  

  friends on Burton Third is a reminder of how lucky I am to live with such a ... us lmao"]quite a reputation.[/annotation] BC is known for its floors ... to illustrate our culture is by what we do, so here's a glimpse of just

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • January 17, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  by the time you notice it’s too late anime, bloons, and piano

  

  the time you notice a problem, it is often too late to begin acting to address the problem. this is because the problem’s effects might be a very late signal for the problem’s emergence. in many cases it is such a late

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • June 4, 2022
• Blog / Athletics

  walking mechanics how to walk faster using Facts and Science

  

  ’s important to understand how your foot is actually coming in contact with the ... bone or muscle is convenient for us now is not the same as a statement ... what we can say with certainty is that the human foot is much better

  • by Vincent H. '23
  • October 15, 2021
• Blog / How to Human

  so you’re starting your first year? boy do I have unsolicited tips for you

  

  less as a “how to do MIT” and more like a “here is a hodgepodge of advice ... , but it’s largely written with first years in mind. This is in no way a ... year, there were 50 mentors, which is a lot to coordinate). Also, because

  • by Kanokwan T. '25
  • September 2, 2023
• Blog / How to Human

  Skill Issues (spoiler alert: i've got them)

  

  that something is as simple as a card game. Somehow being bad at cards ... among the best at an arbitrary skill is a personal failure. The first ... tongue and simply shrugged, noted that “Next House is a heterogenous place

  • by Shorna A. '25
  • June 29, 2023
• FAQ / Life and culture

  What are the housing/dining options?

  Housing is a huge part of undergraduate life at MIT. You choose where you live, and each living group is a community with its own distinct ... as important as where you live is what and how you eat. At MIT, you may
• Blog / MIT Life

  Reality is merely an illusion… Ben : The OC :: Sam : ?? . Oh wait, you took the new…

  

  magnets. I hope he realizes how freaking cool a magnetized gown is. Not only ... balance out my weaknesses. That is, you need to be able to: 1. Drive like a ... Project Runway on a Tuesday night. Project Runway is a fashion design

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 14, 2005
• FAQ / Academics and research

  How awesome is MIT Physics?

  The MIT Physics Department is one of the best places in the world for research and education in physics. Fourteen of their alumni and eight of their faculty have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics.
• Blog / MIT Life

  Still Alive! sorry, this has nothing to do with portal

  

  solving puzzles using a novel game mechanic, although IMHO, Braid is way ... software interviews, and hanging out with a bunch of coders is always fun ... , writing a review of how exquisitely the unexpected cocoa notes complemented

  • by Rachel F. '12
  • October 22, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Unwinding how i destress

  

  celebrities are a brand. But, while OTV is very much a brand, they've offered ... bit late to the OfflineTV train. OfflineTV is a group of content ... scripted every big moment is. Every celebrity encounter or tweet sounds a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 20, 2020
• Blog / Residential Life

  last fall / last fall it's senior year and i still haven't learned anything

  

  is almost as if it is impossible for me to last a week without creating ... am heavily considering attending more MIT [annotation note="this is a ... class or two and still graduate, and I have a little wiggle room in how

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • September 10, 2022
• Blog / MIT Life

  Field Trip! I meant to blog this a long long time ago.

  

  accompanied by a frustrating mass of release forms. Regardless, it is my hope ... practices, a capella rehearsals, study sessions, and much more. Right next to ... , which is fine, since there's a Shaw's grocery store pretty close to campus

  • by Hamsika C. '13
  • January 26, 2010
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Openness This one's serious, no silly link. Read it.

  

  revolutionize the way colleges advertise. MIT is no longer a photoshopped ad, it ... . The goal is to try to show a bit of everything. To be fair, 12 students ... necessary. POTENTIAL APPLICANTS: MIT is a wonderful school. It is difficult

  • by Snively '11
  • October 26, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A week in my new world A little bit of everything

  

  assume everyone you meet is more than ready to hop right into a ... you ever had that feeling where you have so much going through your head ... are only going to let one thing out at a time." I think the most

  • by Ben O. '19
  • September 18, 2015
• Blog / Events

  The View From the Other Side of Hell If MIT is a 400-meter race, am I really at the beginning of the home…

  

  would be worrying about how much stuff there is still to do tonight." I ... !) ...but I discovered from trial of fire that six classes is A LOT - I took ... biology is a tremendously good idea and one of best decisions I made here

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 24, 2010
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Somebody Else Seven undergrad blogs not enough for you? Now some of them have multiple authors.

  

  . The school's mission is to prepare its students, that arrive a few ... program coordinators. Speaking of sycophancy, Jon '06 is a lead tutor for ... useful, except how to be a hosted prefrosh. Jon and my host lived on Conner

  • by Sam M. '07
  • July 22, 2005